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October 31[edit]

Delete all my contributions?[edit]

Is there a way I can delete all my contributions in one fell swoop? I'm picking up my marbles and closing my account due to Wikipedia's sexism, and would prefer to remove all the work I've done before I go. If I can't but some mega editor can, feel free. Karen Anne (talk) 10:25, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You cannot have all your contributions deleted by anyone. Administrators have the ability to delete specific contributions, but only for narrow reasons such as the contributions containing personal information, libel, or copyright violations. Also, accounts cannot be closed either. All edits have to be assigned to a username or IP address. But what you can do is vanish by requesting your user page and subpages be deleted with {{db-userreq}}, requesting a username change on Wikipedia:Changing username, and then never logging into your account again. --Mysdaao ^talk 11:19, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Every time you edited, you "irrevocably agree[d] to release your contribution under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL". --ColinFine (talk) 00:06, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

PAUL BARRESI[edit]

Is there anybody (editor) out there that can please contact me regarding the unfair manner in which the PAUL BARRESI page is written and handled? Thank you. Paul Barresi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.51.109.243 (talk) 01:04, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If you'd like to discuss the article and any errors that may be in it, the proper place for that is at Talk:Paul Barresi. We generally don't contact people via email unless there is a very good reason to do so. We like to keep conversations public here. Dismas|^(talk) 02:02, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What were you thinking.[edit]

I just saw your home page featured article for 30-31 October 2011 and was appalled. Why on earth would you think that was appropriate? I mean everything has a right to be on here as long as it stays inside the bounds of decency (I myself have looked up some unconventional things on here), but there was no need to put that on the home page. That sort of thing is the reason that college proffesors don't allow students to site you as a source. Halloween or not, that was outside the bounds of what I have come to expect from your site.

That photo is borderline pornographic! To think that I give money to you. Well no more, this demands an apology. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.49.89.17 (talk) 01:05, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please read WP:NOTCENSORED. If you have any questions about what that page says, we'll be glad to answer them. --Jayron32 01:33, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Good point. Nevertheless, just as I suspected (and I was going to say that I highly suspected so), someone came along to reference Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not censored. ;-) That movie is just another example of how the world's morals and what it likes has decayed so much over the years. R.I.P. Motion Picture Production Code. Regards, —{|Retro00064|☎talk|✍contribs|} 01:44, 31 October 2011 (UTC).[reply]

It's discussed at Talk:Main Page#I'm sick. Concerns about citing Wikipedia as a source are usually about reliability and not about potentially offensive content. See Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia#A caution before citing Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:41, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Changes not saved[edit]

Hello,

I logged in to Wikipedia last Friday with our Company's official log in details (for editing) and edited our page. At the time all the changes were saved and I weas really happy. But when I did a test search this morning, I found that none of my changes from Friday had been saved! This is incredibly frustrating! Please advise how to proceed.

Thanks

MXit_Team — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.135.27.24 (talk) 08:21, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See the article's edit history. The edit summary said "Reverted to revision 455012458 by Michyelle: revert promotional edit by User:MXit Team. Please see WP:COI before continuing to edit this article". The problem was explained on your user talk page, which also referred you to WP:CORPNAME. - David Biddulph (talk) 08:43, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I notice that your username is MXit Team. I hope that doesn't indicate a group account because group accounts are not permitted. —teb728 t c 10:02, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is not even the first spamusername we've had to block from this company; before this one, there was User:Iheartmxit. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:07, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Talk pages on watchlist[edit]

I vaguely remember a tool that counted how many watchlists a particular user's talkpage is on, I seem to recall it had a minimum of 20. I can't find the tool now, so is this my dodgy memory? Or can anyone tell me where it is? - Arjayay (talk) 09:19, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The minimum is 30. For example, the number of talk page watchers you have is less than 30. To reach this link from the talk page, go to the history of the page and click on "Number of watchers", which is located on the row of links that looks like this. Goodvac (talk) 09:24, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - it wasn't a failed ego-trip for me; the relevant answer is 33 - Arjayay (talk) 09:32, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Circumvent WP:COUNCIL/P[edit]

Resolved

– Nothing the help desk could help out with. --Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 12:05, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

~~Am I allowed to set up a new WikiProject without proposing it at WP:COUNCIL/P?~~ Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 11:39, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Scrap that. Needs some kind of prior discussion, as its activities would fall witihin the scope of WikiProject Copyright Cleanup and thus there should be a discussion at that project's talk page. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 11:50, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I should start a general discussion about the problems I want to address at Wikipedia:WikiProject Copyright Cleanup. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 11:59, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How to de-activate my account[edit]

I already know that a buracrat can do that, but where do I find them? Can I do this myself? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Larsona (talk • contribs) 14:04, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You can find a bureaucrat at Wikipedia:Bureaucrats#Current bureaucrats. Take your pick. It's not hard to effectively de-activate your account yourself; just WP:U1 your userpages and stop using it. If you want to properly VANISH, though, you'll need help from the bureaus. Yunshui 雲水 14:17, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Scripts[edit]

My scripts at User:Rcsprinter123/monobook.js won't work suddenly. Any help? Rcsprinter (deliver) 11:58, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You could try commenting them out and then restoring them one at a time. This could identify which script is causing the problem. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:30, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You didn't switch to some skin other than Monobook, did you? —teb728 t c 12:36, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't checked the scripts but remember to bypass your cache after making changes. Also make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser. If it's disabled then the tables at Help:Sorting#Examples should not be sortable. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:22, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am in Monobook, JavaScript is enabled and I am bypassing my cache but only the ones below the top one are working. The top one links to another page with most of them in and they don't work. Rcsprinter (message) 17:10, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is this still a problem? I see that you've edited User:Rcsprinter123/monobook.js several times since your most recent post here. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:33, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, some are working, but some don't especially the AfD ones. I have checked them all but they won't work. Rcsprinter (gas) 16:12, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Searching[edit]

Please help at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style#Help:Searching (permanent link here).
—Wavelength (talk) 23:49, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

edit of talk by layman[edit]

Stoshu is not computer savy....needs asst to make existing talk neutral.Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stoshu (talk • contribs) 23:57, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A talk page? That doesn't need to be neutral. CTJF83 00:13, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, but it needs to follow the guidelines in WP:UP, which it formerly didn't. See the original version. It's nothing to do with computer savvy or neutrality, it's to do with following the rules as to what is allowed on Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 00:18, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Helps if I look at the page ;) CTJF83 00:20, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]